January 29, 2020
If You Have Travel Insurance, Always Keep Your Receipts
Over on Elliott Advocacy, one reader shared how a simple insurance mistake cost her roughly $6,000 in hospital fees. According to the reader’s account, she tripped over a chain while on vacation in Mexico, which, in an incredible series of events, resulted in an ambulance ride to a local hospital, several X-rays, a blood transfusion, several fractures to her leg, and an emergency surgery.
coronavirus
Can a Surgical Mask Protect You From Coronavirus?
Surgical-style face masks can slightly reduce the risk of transmitting respiratory infections, but are they really a good strategy for protecting yourself? Yes and no—here’s the deal.
Student Loans
Decide Whether to Pay Off Debt or Invest With the 5% Rule
When you’re paying down a large debt like student loans, it can be hard to determine when it’s worth accelerating your efforts to get rid of that hefty balance. Should you put every extra dime toward your loans, or should you focus on saving money?
App Directory
Document Your Baby's First Year of Life With '1 Second Everyday'
Yes, it’s cliché to exclaim that kids “grow up so fast!” But it’s become a cliché because it’s true. Especially when it comes to babies, the developmental changes children undergo from birth to one year old are staggering and can seem to happen miraculously overnight, even though you just spent...
Shopping
Keep a List of Benchmark Prices for Regular Groceries
Even if you make a list before you go to the grocery store, you could still waste a lot of time—not to mention money—if you get distracted by the sale tags that line the shelves in almost every aisle. Of course, you want to save money. But is it worth...
Browsers
How to Update Paid Chrome Extensions Google Just Banned
I confess, I haven’t run into a paid Google extension in some time. They do exist, however—and some are actually useful, like StopTheMadness (an extension that keeps websites from disabling keyboard shortcuts or context menus). If you happen to have found (and purchased) paid Chrome extensions, you need to know...
Credit Cards
Go Ahead and Accept That Credit Limit Increase
The next time you get a notification from a credit card company asking whether you’d be interested in a credit limit increase, go ahead and say yes. Why? Because it’s one of the quickest and easiest ways to improve your credit score.
Privacy
Find Out How Facebook Tracks You Even When You're Not Using It
We all know Facebook tracks what you do while using its apps and website, but the social media monolith also collects data from third-party apps, services, and websites, even when you’re not using Facebook. It’s one of the ways Facebook’s targeted ads become eerily specific and seem to know what...
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Wednesday's Best Deals: Everlane Choose What You Pay, Rice Cooker, Puzzles, and More
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Kim Kardashian Swears She Didn't Mail Herself a Giant Orange Ivy Park Gift Box
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